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The deadly myth of the "Great Replacement"
f you buy into this world picture, must be prepared to do whatever it takes to survive.
This, of course, is precisely the point.
Of all the swivel-eyed conspiracies shambling through the more squalid reaches of the internet, the Great Replacement has proved uniquely powerful. Its doctrine of survival is a captivating persuasion tactic for people bent on drawing more people to the cause of white supremacy. It crams children into cages in detention centres, and it puts guns in the hands of men wishing to exorcise their bloody power fantasies. And it veils the real operation of violence, recasting terrorism as heroism and tyranny as the tactical necessities of self-defence.
The El Paso shooter allegedly wrote: “I can no longer bear the shame of inaction knowing that our founding fathers have endowed me with the rights needed to save our country from the brink of destruction.” Such is the mythos of the Great Replacement. It reaches out a hand to the foetid, trembling, paranoid soul of white supremacist culture and tells it that everything it has ever feared is coming true. But that we have the power to stop it. It asks – do you want to be a hero, kid? I can tell you how to be a hero. Just follow me.
This, of course, is precisely the point.
Of all the swivel-eyed conspiracies shambling through the more squalid reaches of the internet, the Great Replacement has proved uniquely powerful. Its doctrine of survival is a captivating persuasion tactic for people bent on drawing more people to the cause of white supremacy. It crams children into cages in detention centres, and it puts guns in the hands of men wishing to exorcise their bloody power fantasies. And it veils the real operation of violence, recasting terrorism as heroism and tyranny as the tactical necessities of self-defence.
The El Paso shooter allegedly wrote: “I can no longer bear the shame of inaction knowing that our founding fathers have endowed me with the rights needed to save our country from the brink of destruction.” Such is the mythos of the Great Replacement. It reaches out a hand to the foetid, trembling, paranoid soul of white supremacist culture and tells it that everything it has ever feared is coming true. But that we have the power to stop it. It asks – do you want to be a hero, kid? I can tell you how to be a hero. Just follow me.
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/08/deadly-myth-great-replacement|
Much more at the link. Really interesting analysis on these awful hateful people. Nasty cowardly arseholes the lot of them!
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